Archive for September, 2008
Monday, September 8th, 2008
The Secret Truth About Fava Beans.
You don’t have to shell them. Kind of. That is, you don’t have to shell them first. What you can do (while the spaghetti sauce thickens) is broil them in the oven, on a tray, and flip them when you see the black spots of doneness. Broil for a few more minutes. When you take [...]
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Monday, September 8th, 2008
Mangoland Cooks! an overview…
Mangolandia and The Cutting Garden present Mangoland Cooks! Mangoland Cooks! is a series of culinary experiences, focused around a participatory class model. You will learn traditional recipes from the indicated cuisine, prepared using premium, fresh, local, organic ingredients. You will find yourself immersed in the sounds, languages, and attitudes of the culture in question. You [...]
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Monday, September 8th, 2008
“Open Your Heart to Me, Baby”
( E E E G F# E, D E ) That’s right. You can’t keep a good brassica down and this week, for the first and cutest time, we have baby turnips. Nothing pallid or premature about them, like everybody else, they are what they are (and they are good). Like your grandmother said, the [...]
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Monday, September 8th, 2008
Welcome to the box, green beans!
This week, for the first time, we are proud to present a laborious bunch of hand-picked green beans. Green beans are nutritious and versatile in addition to tasting – like everything else we grow – really, really good. I’ve found that the best thing to start with is to break the ends off of the [...]
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Monday, September 8th, 2008
Who put beets in my Lasagna?
That’s right. Follow the instructions on the box and replace whatever filling they have with candy-cane striped chiogga beets. They’re the sweetest we have. Cut the top and tail off, and then slice into thin circles. Bake them on a tray with: circles of zucchini one clove of garlic per person one large tomato until [...]
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Monday, September 8th, 2008
Fennel and Dill, the Saga Continues
After centuries of misunderstandings, I am still bombarded with eager confusion between fennel and dill. So, let’s take a few moments to set it straight. According to the British “Fennel Disambiguation Society”, in a small pamphlet first published in 1861, fennel is a large perennial herb, indigenous to the Mediterranean and now found all over [...]
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Monday, September 8th, 2008
Mangoland Cooks! the beginning…
Good afternoon and welcome. It has been declared both meet and proper to create a bit of a web presence for this fall’s cooking classes, and if you’re reading this on the Internets or in your mailbox, it means you have expressed some interest in joining. There should be a link at the bottom to [...]